AP Language Tone Words Flashcards
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| 9894181123 | apathetic | uncaring | 0 | |
| 9894181124 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings | 1 | |
| 9894181125 | audacious | recklessly bold or contemptuous | 2 | |
| 9894181126 | belligerent | hostile, or combative | 3 | |
| 9894181127 | callous | uncaring, or feeling no emotion | 4 | |
| 9894181128 | condescending | air of superiority, talking down to | 5 | |
| 9894181129 | contemptuous | lacking respect, derisive | 6 | |
| 9894181130 | caustic | harshly sarcastic | 7 | |
| 9894181131 | cautionary | prudent forethought | 8 | |
| 9894181132 | cynical | doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives | 9 | |
| 9894181133 | demoralized | weakened the spirit of | 10 | |
| 9894181134 | diffident | reserved, unassertive | 11 | |
| 9894181135 | disdainful | scorn, despise | 12 | |
| 9894181136 | didactic | intending to instruct; teach a lesson | 13 | |
| 9894181137 | derisive | insulting and condescending | 14 | |
| 9894181138 | earnest | heartfelt and serious | 15 | |
| 9894181139 | effusive | overflowing and demonstrative | 16 | |
| 9894181140 | elegiac | sorrowful lamentation | 17 | |
| 9894181141 | empathetic | sensitivity, relating to another's emotions | 18 | |
| 9894181144 | flippant | frivolously disrespectful | 19 | |
| 9894181145 | frivolous | carefree and unconcerned | 20 | |
| 9894181146 | incredulous | skeptical and unbelieving | 21 | |
| 9894181147 | incensed | full of rage | 22 | |
| 9894181148 | indignant | self-righteously angry | 23 | |
| 9894181149 | intimate | personal and emotional | 24 | |
| 9894181150 | jovial | hearty conviviality and good cheer | 25 | |
| 9894181151 | laudatory | praise | 26 | |
| 9894181152 | lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy | 27 | |
| 9894181154 | malicious | vicious, wanton, or mischievous | 28 | |
| 9894181156 | objective | unemotional, unbiased, fair | 29 | |
| 9894181157 | obsequious | overly obedient, dutiful | 30 | |
| 9894181158 | patronizing | Talking down to, experienced | 31 | |
| 9894181160 | poignant | keen or strong | 32 | |
| 9894181161 | provocative | inciting, stimulating, irritating | 33 | |
| 9894181163 | ribald | abusive, or irreverent, scurrilous | 34 | |
| 9894181164 | reticent | reluctant or restrained | 35 | |
| 9894181165 | reverent | deeply respectful | 36 | |
| 9894181167 | resigned | passive, accept as inevitable | 37 | |
| 9894181170 | sentimental | emotional attachment | 38 | |
| 9894181171 | vehement | with great energy or exertion, with great emphasis and passion | 39 | |
| 9894181172 | volatile | tending or threatening to break out into open violence | 40 | |
| 9894181173 | earnest | serious and sincere | 41 | |
| 9894181175 | placid | calm, peaceful | 42 | |
| 9894181176 | whimsical | characterized by whim; unpredictable | 43 | |
| 9894181177 | wistful | full of longing or unfulfilled desire | 44 | |
| 9894181178 | desolate | lonely; forlorn; | 45 | |
| 9894181179 | insolent | marked by casual disrespect | 46 | |
| 9894181180 | insidious | intended to entrap | 47 | |
| 9894181181 | jubilant | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | 48 |